Mott, a UNCW alumnus whose novel was the inspiration for the new ABC series “Resurrection,” will also lead a fiction writing workshop during the program, to be held June 20-22 on the UNCW campus.

The conference promises three days of workshops, discussions and readings, with particular attention to market trends in the modern book world.

Mott isn’t the only star on the conference faculty. Dana Sachs, another UNCW alum, will lead the creative non-fiction workshop. Author of the novels “The Secret of the Nightingale Palace” and “If You Lived Here,” Sachs also wrote the critically acclaimed memoir “The House on Dream Street” and “The Life We Were Given,” a history of “Operation Baby Lift” at the end of the Vietnam War, together with its aftermath.

Michael White (“The Island,” “Palma Cathedral”), chairman of the UNCW creative writing department, will lead the poetry workshop. Lavonne J. Adams, a poet (“Through the Glorieta Pass”) who was Mott’s thesis adviser at UNCW, will lead a roundtable discussion on documentary writing.

David Mcinnis Gill, an associate professor in UNCW’s Watson School of Education and an authority on young-adult literature, will head a roundtable on writing for the YA market. Gill “does” as well as a teach; he is the author of the young adult novels “Soul Enchilada” and “Black Hole Sun.”

Anna Lena Phillips, editor of UNCW’s Ecotone magazine, will chair a roundtable on how to work with an editor. Christopher Rhodes, an agent for the James Fitzgerald Agency, will discuss the

Places are limited in the program. The early-bird registration fee, $370, is in effect through April 7; thereafter, the price goes up to $399. If you only want to attend the keynote dinner, tickets are $45.

For registration and more information ab0ut the 2014 Summer Writers Conference at UNCW, click here.

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This is an emporium for all things literary: occasional book reviews, local book news, items about authors (mostly from the Cape Fear area but occasional visitors) and miscellaneous rants.

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